View Cup Changes for 2009
CUP Ch-Ch-Changes
By Gregg Leary
Category:NASCAR -> Sprint Cup
If you found yourself cheering for the WRONG car number or cussing the WRONG driver in the Budweiser Shootout or the Dual/Duels, help is on the way. Here’s a numeric list by car number of who’s driving what in the 2009 Daytona 500. Major changes are in CAPITAL letters.
NUMBER DRIVER CHANGES FROM 2008
00 David Reutimann
07 CASEY MEARS Clint Bowyer goes to #33
1 Martin Truex Jr.
2 Kurt Busch
5 MARK MARTIN Casey Mears goes to #07
6 David Ragan
7 Robby Gordon
8 Aric Almirola
9 Kasey Kahne
11 Denny Hamlin
12 DAVID STREMME Ryan Newman goes to #39
14 TONY STEWART Joey Logano replaces Stewart in the #20
16 Greg Biffle
17 Matt Kenseth
18 Kyle Busch
19 Elliott Sadler
20 JOEY LOGANO Tony Stewart goes to #14
21 Bill Elliott
24 Jeff Gordon
26 Jamie McMurray
28 Travis Kvapil
29 Kevin Harvick
31 Jeff Burton
33 CLINT BOWYER Clint Bowyer moves from #07
34 JOHN ANDRETTI
36 SCOTT RIGGS
39 RYAN NEWMAN Ryan Newman moves from #12
41 JEREMY MAYFIELD
42 Juan Pablo Montoya
43 REED SORENSON Reed Sorensen moves from #41
44 A.J. ALLMENDINGER
47 MARCOS AMBROSE
48 Jimmie Johnson
55 Michael Waltrip
66 TERRY LABONTE
77 Sam Hornish Jr.
78 REGAN SMITH Regan Smith moves from #01
82 SCOTT SPEED
83 Brian Vickers
88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
96 BOBBY LABONTE Bobby Labonte moves from #43
98 PAUL MENARD Paul Menard moves from #15
99 Carl Edwards